MANILA — U.S. and Philippine soldiers will
hold a new round of interoperability exercises on Nov 1-15, a Philippine
military spokesman said Monday.

About 900 U.S. troops from the 1st Marine Air Wing based in
Okinawa, Japan, will join at least 800 soldiers from the Philippine Army and the
Philippine Air Force's Special Operations Wing in the exercises, said Maj Allan
Ballesteros. (Kyodo News)